Nell Shipman and her co-director, Bert Van Tuyle, on the set of "The Girl From God's Country." Although the 1920 U.S. census lists Van Tuyle and Shipman ("Helen F. Van Tuyle") as husband and wife, they were never married. They were then living...

A pack train carrying supplies into the mountains for the filming of Nell Shipman's film, "The Girl From God's Country" in the Kings River canyon, California. Co-director Bert Van Tuyle wrote this caption: "Miss Shipman and her company enroute to...